GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| steep | lofty |
| heed | to pay attention |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |